Non-Custodial African American Fatherhood:

The authors provide a conceptual foundation for the use of a research approach in exploring program and policy issues associated with empowering poor, young, non-custodial African American fathers. A post-positivist, ecological, Afrocentric, bicultural research perspective, using the case study method, is proposed as the most effective means of understanding this population and developing appropriate interventions.     

Revisiting the outsourcing debate: two sides of the same story

Although outsourcing of organisational functions has become a popular practice amongst organisations, the literature provides a myopic and simplistic view of the phenomenon by focusing on either single functions or taking monadic views of a single party. The design of our study overcomes these weaknesses by including the following features: a range of organisational functions were included; the unit of analysis was the outsourcing contract; the level of analysis was at the dyadic level where both service providers and receivers presented their views and the approach was a qualitative one. In practice, this involved interviews with managers in service receiving and providing organisations that were in charge of 10 separate outsourcing arrangements. Using agency theory as a theoretical anchor, we contribute to the outsourcing debate by highlighting its complexity and areas of convergence and divergence between service receivers and providers, thereby suggesting a contingent approach towards implementation of outsourcing arrangements.     

German family policy at the crossroads: analysing the impact of parental leave reform through simulation

Comparative studies of welfare reforms encounter two problems. First, the counterfactual problem is that in the real world schemes and their reforms do not coexist simultaneously and are hard to compare. Second, the contextual problem derives from the absence of comparable measures for change. Microsimulation helps to overcome these problems. It compares policy options – actual reforms or reform plans – simultaneously and provides a comparable measure: the disposable income of model families. This article uses a type–case approach to investigate recent reforms of the German parental leave benefit. Simulation makes those reforms comparable over time and across countries. Results show that the profile of the German scheme is changing from 'general family' towards 'dual-earner' support. Furthermore, the recent reforms make the German scheme converge towards the Swedish leave scheme. The recent reforms introduce a new concept of fairness and a focus on gender equality to German family policies.     

从"捐款门事件"看企业社会责任

四川汶川大地震所引发的“捐款门事件”，一方面反映了不同文化背景下企业履行社会责任的差异；另一方面也反映出我国尚未形成完善的企业社会责任。在国内企业实力不断增强、社会责任意识日益被唤起的同时，必须强化政府、非政府组织、消费者、社会公众等相关利益主体对企业履行社会责任的外部推力，以形成企业履行社会责任的良好动力机制。文章以此次地震所引发的一系列事件为切入点，分析了中西方对企业社会责任观念的差异，进而提出了完善中国企业社会责任的一些设想。     

“西方经济学”案例教学实施中的主要问题及对策

“西方经济学”是一门重要的经济学核心课程，在西方称为“经济学原理”，是西方市场经济实践后总结的系统理论，是其它学科的基础平台。因此，案例教学在“西方经济学”教学中显得尤为重要。首先论述案例教学在“西方经济学”教学中的作用，并指出了“西方经济学”实施案例教学的主要问题，最后提出相关的解决对策。     

A Program Evaluation of Los Angeles ACORN's Welfare Case Advocacy

SUMMARY

Bureaucratic confusion and client dissatisfaction since the 1996 changes in welfare policy opened opportunities for third party advocacy on behalf of welfare clients. This paper evaluates Los Angeles ACORN's case advocacy program for welfare clients. Outcomes analyzed include client satisfaction with ACORN's advocacy and effects of the program on welfare clients who later became ACORN members. Ninety-one percent of clients surveyed (N = 99) stated they were satisfied with the resolution of their welfare case complaint. Eighty-eight percent of respondents stated ACORN did a better job resolving their problem compared to the welfare department. Unique aspects of the program include peer advocacy and opportunities for welfare recipients to join ACORN and work on welfare policy changes among other issues.     

超额保险法律问题研究——从一起保险案例看我国超额保险制度之完善

随着我国社会主义市场经济的快速发展,超额保险问题在我国的司法实践中日益频繁地出现并困扰着许多法律实务工作者,特别是在我国《保险法》对于超额保险规定不够规范的情形下,这一问题就越发显得十分突出。从一起保险案例谈起,结合国外超额保险法律的经验,剖析超额保险制度的法理基础与立法实践,对如何解决我国超额保险制度问题作了探讨。     

高校教师文化心理实证分析

高校教师是高等教育的实施者,其文化心理会渗透到大学教学活动中,对大学生有潜移默化的影响。邮箱账号（Email account,EA）命名是一种文化行为、文化现象,EA反映了命名者的文化心理特征。以华南农业大学某学院教师的内部邮箱账号为基本数据,对高校教师文化心理特征进行了实证分析。结果表明,1）多数教师喜欢使用6-10个字符长度的账号;2）多数教师并不会在命名账号时花费太多心思;3）较大比例的教师受西方文化影响明显,倾向于使用国际流行的英语风格的“名＋姓”结构命名邮箱账号。     

Avoidance and confrontation: social work practice in relation to domestic violence and child abuse

Action on the relationship between domestic violence and child abuse has been slow to emerge in mainstream child protection agencies. This paper reports a qualitative study of child protection files. Particular attention was given to the issues for Asian families. Initially the numerous strategies which social workers and other professionals at child protection conferences used to avoid the issue of domestic violence are explored. However, there was also a small, but emerging, pattern of child abuse in the context of domestic violence being taken seriously. In each of these cases strong expectations were placed on women to separate from or remain separated from men who were violent. These expectations were backed by 'threats' or the actual accommodation of children often with little interagency support for women undertaking this difficult and dangerous task, or before women were ready to undertake this separation. Suggestions are made about aspects of the organizational context which need to change if good child protection is also to include appropriate protection and support for the child's mother.     

利用ASP技术在网上发布FoxPro数据库

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